The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܦܩܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξηλθονP45 | went out | ἐξῆλθον | went out | — | | | exierunt | exierunt | went out | ܦܪܝܫܐ | went out | ἐξῆλθον | went out | |||||
οιP45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | eum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
φαρεισαιοιP45 | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | pharisaei | pharisæi | Pharisees | ܘܫܪܝܘ | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܡܒܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηρξαντοP45 | began | ἤρξαντο | began | ηρξαντο | | | coeperunt | cœperunt | began | ܥܡܗ | began | ἤρξαντο | began | |||||
συζητεινP45 | to dispute | συζητεῖν | to dispute | — | | | — | conquirere | to dispute | ܘܫܐܠܝܢ | to dispute | συζητεῖν | to dispute | |||||
αυτωιP45 | with Him | αὐτῷ | with Him | αυτω | | | quaerentes | cum | with Him | ܗܘܘ | with Him | αὐτῷ | with Him | |||||
σημειονP45 | seeking | ζητοῦντες | seeking | ζητουντες | | | — | eo | seeking | — | — | ζητοῦντες | seeking | |||||
εκP45 | from | παρ᾽ | from | παρ | | | — | quærentes | from | ܠܗ | from | παρ’ | from | |||||
τουP45 | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | αυτου | | | ab | ab | Him | ܐܬܐ | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | |||||
ουρανουP45 | a sign | σημεῖον | a sign | σημειον | | | illo | illo | a sign | ܡܢ | a sign | σημεῖον | a sign | |||||
παρP45 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | signum | signum | from | ܫܡܝܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
αυτουP45 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | caelo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ζητουντεσP45 | heaven, | οὐρανοῦ, | heaven, | ουρανου | | | de | de | heaven, | ܟܕ | heaven, | οὐρανοῦ | heaven, | |||||
πειραζοντεσP45 | testing | πειράζοντες | testing | πειραζοντες | | | — | cælo | testing | ܡܢܤܝܢ | testing | πειράζοντες | testing | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him. | αὐτόν.¶ | Him. | αυτον | | | temptantes | tentantes | Him. | ܠܗ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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